(June 1, 2015 – OTTAWA, ONT.) With a pair of berths on the line for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Wheelchair Basketball Canada has selected 24 athletes from the men’s and women’s national wheelchair basketball teams for nomination to represent Canada at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

(May 21, 2015 – OTTAWA, ONT.) Canadian Men’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team head coach Jerry Tonello is taking a leave of absence ahead of the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games in order to spend time with his family while he undergoes treatment for a brain tumor.

(March 18, 2015 – OTTAWA, ONT.) Due to Colombia withdrawing from the tournament, there has been a change to the competition schedule for the 2015 Americas Wheelchair Basketball Challenge taking place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre March 22-26th. Team Canada will now play five games against their Americas zone rivals from Argentina, Brazil, and the USA in the friendly warm-up tournament that offe

(October 22, 2014 - TORONTO, ONT.) Wheelchair Basketball Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee congratulate legendary wheelchair basketball bench boss Tim Frick who today became the first Paralympic coach ever to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. The 2014 Induction Celebrations were presented by Canadian Tire at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ont.

(July 28, 2014 - TORONTO, ONT.) One month has passed since Team Canada won gold at the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ont. and host Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to announce that the event proved to be a tremendous, record-breaking online success.

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Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to be hosting the top female wheelchair basketball players on the planet June 20-28, 2014 in Toronto for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. World-class female athletes will converge on the Mattamy Athletic Centre (same venue as Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games) to showcase the elite skills and athleticism that make wheelchair basketball the most popular sport for athletes with a disability in the world.

(December 4, 2013 - TORONTO, ONT.) – The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) and the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (2014WWWBC) organizing committee announced Wednesday the 12 countries that will compete at the largest women’s world championship in history, which takes place June 20-28, 2014 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ont.